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The
rise of drug-resistant infections is one of the biggest global
threats to health, food security and development.
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs were estimated to kill 1.27
million people in 2019, and the UN projects that
drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths a year
by 2050.
In
this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear from
Fron
Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor of
our Australian edition, about the issue and some of the
experts she has commissioned as part of a
special series. We also speak to a microbiologist at a
hospital in Nigeria working on the frontlines against
antibiotic resistance, and find out about the new scientific
techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI), being
deployed to find new potential antibiotics. |
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Gemma Ware
Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly
Podcast | |
Testing for antimicrobial resistance in the
lab. AnaLysiSStudiO via
Shutterstock
Gemma Ware, The Conversation
From
the frontline battle against antibiotic resistance in Nigeria,
to the techniques being used to find new antibiotics. Listen
to The Conversation Weekly podcast. |
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Subject: How scientists are tackling antibiotic
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